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  • Laura Wolvaardt, Ashton Turner and Amanda-Jade Wellington snapped up by Manchester Originals at The Hundred Draft

    Manchester Originals select Laura Wolvaardt and Laurie Evans as their first picks in the women’s and men’s competitions Amanda Jade-Wellington and Ashton Turner selected as overseas players Josh Tongue, Katie George and Kathryn Bryce to make first appearance in The Hundred for Manchester Originals In the men’s competition 30 players drafted, 34 players drafted in the women’s competition For m

  • Shaheen Afridi, Sophia Dunkley, Tom Abell and Shabnim Ismail join Welsh Fire in The Hundred Draft

    Welsh Fire select Sophia Dunkley and Tom Abell as the first picks in the men’s and women’s competitions Pakistani duo Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf picked up for the men’s side Shabnim Ismail, Georgia Elwiss, Freya Davies, Laura Harris and Alex Hartley complete the women’s squad In the men’s competition 30 players drafted, 34 players drafted in the women’s competition For more information and to

  • Shaheen Afridi, Grace Harris, Harmanpreet Kaur and Haris Rauf snapped up at The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage

    Welsh Fire select Sophia Dunkley as first pick in the women's competition of The Hundred Draft Tom Abell the first pick in the men's competition for Mike Hussey's Welsh Fire Harmanpreet Kaur selected by Trent Rockets, Tim David selected by Southern Brave Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf to each make first appearance in The Hundred for Welsh Fire In the men’s competition 30 players drafted, 34 player

  • Updates confirmed ahead of The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage

    The following updates to the player list for The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage, have been confirmed.
    There are a number of new entrants to the list – including Richa Ghosh, Tamim Iqbal, Sneh Rana, Ben Foakes and Iftikhar Ahmed. Overseas players including Mitchell Starc, Megan Schutt, Anrich Nortje, Aiden Markram and Tayla Vlaeminck will no longer be available for selection in The Hundred Draft

  • Clare Connor appointed ECB Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director England Women

    Clare Connor is to take up a new expanded role as ECB Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director England Women.
    Clare took on the role of Interim CEO in June 2022, having previously been ECB’s Managing Director of Women’s Cricket in which she oversaw a transformational period for the game.
    She begins the new role with immediate effect following Richard Gould’s arrival at the organi

  • Babar Azam, Wolvaardt, Rodrigues, Afridi and Kaur up for grabs in The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage

    Host of international and England players available for teams to sign in The Hundred Draft, powered by Sage Women’s competition holds The Hundred Draft for the first time The Hundred Draft to be televised live on Sky Sports on Thursday March 23 For more information and to sign up for priority ticket access visit thehundred.com  
    Babar Azam, Laura Wolvaardt, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shaheen Afri

  • England lose to South Africa in nail-biting semi final

    England Women lost to South Africa Women by 6 runs
    England lost a tight and tense semi final encounter with hosts South Africa on Friday.
    South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first. The opening partnership of Tazmin Brits and Laura Wolvaardt took the home side to just short of 100 runs in just over 13 overs. After that good start, the home side reached 164-4 from their 20 overs. Soph

  • England secure top spot in Group 2 with win over Pakistan

    England Women beat Pakistan Women by 114 runs
    England won their final group game against Pakistan by a record margin on Tuesday to maintain their 100% record and secure a place in the second semi-final on Friday.
    England won the toss and chose to bat first, scoring 213 runs, the highest total in the history of the Women's T20 World Cup. Impressive knocks from opener Danni Wyatt, who scored

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: Cricket Discipline Commission accreditation

    MEDIA ADVISORY

    CRICKET DISCIPLINE COMMISSION
    A Panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), comprising Tim O’Gorman (Chair), Mark Milliken-Smith KC and Dr Seema Patel will, from Wednesday 1 March to Thursday 9 March 2023, hear disciplinary proceedings brought by the England and Wales Cricket Board (the ECB) against Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Gary Ballance, John Blain, Tim Bresn

  • England move a step closer to the semi-finals with a win over India

    England Women beat India Women by 11 runs
    England Women won their third T20 World Cup game against India Women in Gqeberha on Saturday to stay top of group 2.
    England batted first and despite the loss of some early wickets managed to reach 151-7, largely thanks to a half century from Nat Sciver-Brunt and 40 from 27 balls from Amy Jones.
    In reply Smriti Mandhana got India off to a stron

  • Teams in The Hundred confirm retained players on Deadline Day

    Men’s and women’s teams confirm retained players for third year of The Hundred The Hundred Draft powered by Sage to be televised live on Sky Sports on Thursday 23 March Draft in the women’s competition to be held for the first time Two Vitality Wildcard picks in the men’s competition For more information and to sign up for priority ticket access visit thehundred.com
    Rashid Khan, Ellys

  • Capsey and Curran return to Oval Invincibles on Deadline Day in The Hundred

    Alice Capsey, Sam Curran, Lauren Winfield-Hill and Sunil Narine confirmed to be back at The Kia Oval The Hundred Draft powered by Sage to be televised live on Sky Sports on Thursday 23 March Draft in the women’s competition to be held for the first time Two Vitality Wildcard picks in the men’s competition For more information and to sign up for priority ticket access visit thehundred.com
    Oval

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